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Add to something vs Add up to something

Add to somethingincrease or enhance something.

  • It’s an old building so you get creaky sounds of the old building but I guess it adds to its rustic charm.

Add up to something

1. (of values) give as a result, when joined.

  • The bombing from B-52 stratofortresses ultimately added up to 800,000 tons of bombs.

2. amount to something; signify something.

  • All that this adds up to is that you don’t want to help, so why not say so at once?